Kathy Griffin says she faced potential ‘conspiracy to assassinate the president’ charge over Trump head photo
By Morgan Gstalter - 12/08/18 03:24 PM EST
Comedian Kathy Griffin said she faced a two-month federal investigation after she posted a controversial photo with the fake severed head of President Trump and was almost charged with conspiracy to assassinate the president of the United States.
Griffin appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert†Friday night to discuss the ramification of the photo that “irrevocably†changed her life.
The day after Trump tweeted about her and the “sick†photo in May of last year, Griffin said she got a call from her attorney.
“A lot of people don’t know this part,†Griffin explained. “Actually two federal agencies, the Secret Service and the assistant U.S. attorney’s office, were putting me under a two-month federal investigation and considering charging me with a crime — this is real — of conspiracy to assassinate the president of the United States.â€
The Hill has reached out to the Secret Service and the Justice Department for comment.
The audience gasped as Griffin said that she didn’t just get in “fake Hollywood trouble. No, this is real-life trouble.â€
“That’s where your tax dollars went, everybody, investigating Kathy Griffin,†she quipped.
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